RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS | 8. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS During the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company sold products to companies affiliated with Peter G. Dornau, the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. The affiliated companies distribute the Company’s products outside of the United States and Canada. The Company also provides administrative services to these companies. Sales to the affiliated companies aggregated approximately $539,000 and $460,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and approximately $1,286,000 and $1,006,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. Administrative fees aggregated approximately $232,000 and $179,000 during the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively, and approximately $380,000 and $302,000 for the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, respectively. The Company had accounts receivable from the affiliated companies in connection with the product sales and administrative services aggregating approximately $1,311,000 and $1,190,000 at June 30, 2017 and December 31, 2016, respectively. An entity that is owned by the Company’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer provides several services to the Company. Under this arrangement, the Company paid the entity $10,500 for research and development services for each of the three month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, and $21,000 for such services during each of the six month periods ended June 30, 2017 and 2016. The research and development expenses are included in the Company’s statements of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016 as a selling and administrative expense. In addition, during the three and six months ended June 30, 2017, the Company paid this entity $0 and $45,000, respectively, for providing charter boat services for entertainment of Company customers. The charter boat services are included in the Company’s statement of operations for the six months ended June 30, 2017 as an advertising and promotion expense. During the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, the Company paid this entity $25,000 for the production of television commercials and $9,000 for providing charter boat services for entertainment of Company customers. The $25,000 for the production of television commercials was expensed on a straight line basis from May 2016 to March 2017 as an advertising and promotion expense, and the $9,000 for charter boat services was included in the Company’s statement of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016, as an advertising and promotion expense. The Company leases office and warehouse facilities in Fort Lauderdale, Florida from an entity controlled by its Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer. See Note 9 for a description of the lease terms. A director of the Company is Regional Executive Vice President of an insurance broker through which the Company has sourced most of its general and liability insurance needs and commencing in 2017, its health insurance. During the three months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company paid an aggregate of approximately $244,000 and $121,000, respectively, and during the six months ended June 30, 2017 and 2016, the Company paid an aggregate of approximately $439,000 and $181,000, respectively, in insurance premiums on policies obtained through the insurance broker. |